Revision Lesson Topics


Lesson 1


I can carry out calculations involving reverse percentages, e.g. finding the cost price given the selling price and the percentage profit
I can obtain appropriate upper and lower bounds to solutions of simple problems (e.g. the calculation of the perimeter or the area of a rectangle) given data to a specified accuracy
I can use language, notation and Venn diagrams to describe sets and represent relationships between sets (see syllabus for list)

Lesson 2


I can express direct and inverse variation in algebraic terms
I can increase and decrease a quantity by a given ratio
I can use algebra to find unknown quantities in direct/inverse variation problems

Lesson 3/4


I can calculate the gradient of a straight line from the co-ordinates of two points on it
I can calculate the length and the co-ordinates of the midpoint of a straight line segment from the co-ordinates of its end points
I can estimate gradients of curves by drawing tangents;
I can solve associated equations approximately by graphical methods

Lesson 5


*I can construct and transform more complicated formulae and equations
I can expand products of algebraic expressions
I can factorise expressions of the form a2 + 2ab + b2
I can factorise expressions of the form a2x2 - b2 y2
I can factorise expressions of the form ax + bx+ kay+ kby
I can factorise expressions of the form ax2 + bx+ c

Lesson 6


I can factorise and simplify algebraic fractions where variables appear on the top and bottom
I can manipulate algebraic fractions where the denominator is algebraic
I can manipulate algebraic fractions where the denominator is numeric

Lesson 7


I can form composite functions as defined by gf(x) = g(f(x))
I can use function notation, e.g. f (x) = 3x- 5, f:x--> 3x- 5 to describe simple functions,
I can use the notation f -1(x) to describe their inverses, which I can subsequently find

Lesson 8

I can calculate the determinant and inverse A-1 of a non-singular matrix A
I can calculate the product of a matrix and a scalar quantity;
I can calculate the sum and product of two matrices;
I can calculate the magnitude of a vector using Pythagoras
I can display information in the form of a matrix of any order;

Lesson 9


I can represent inequalities graphically
I can solve simple linear inequalities

Lesson 10

skipped due to field trip

Lesson 11


I can use the property "equal chords are equidistant from the centre" to solve circle problems
I can use the property "tangents from an external point are equal in length" to solve circle problems
I can use the property "the perpendicular bisector of a chord passes through the centre" to solve circle problems
I know and can use angle properties of irregular polygons
I know and can use angle properties of cyclic quadrilaterals
I know and can use that the angle at the centre of a circle is twice the angle at the circumference
I know and can use that the angles in opposite segments are supplementary
I know and can use that the angles in the same segment are equal

Lesson 12

I can use the relationships between areas of similar shapes to correctly increase volume, area or surface area.

Lesson 13

skipped, not needed

Lesson 14

I can solve problems involving the arc length and sector area as fractions of the circumference and area of a circle
I can solve trigonometrical problems in two dimensions involving angles of elevation and depression,

Lesson 15


I can solve problems involving the surface area and volume of a sphere, pyramid and cone (given the formulae)
I can recognise symmetry properties of the prism (including cylinder) and the pyramid (including cone)

Lesson 16


I can represent vectors by directed line segments
I can use position vectors
I can use the algebra of 2 x 2 matrices including the zero and identity 2 x 2 matrices
I can use the sum and difference of two vectors to express given vectors in terms of two coplanar vectors;

I can solve quadratic equations by factorisation
I can solve quadratic equations either by use of the formula or by completing the square

Lesson 17


I can extend sine and cosine values to angles between 90° and 180°,
I can use and interpret fractional indices, e.g. solve 32^x = 2

Lesson 18


I can solve 3D problems using Pythagoras
I can solve simple trigonometrical problems in three dimensions including angle between a line and a plane

Lesson 19


I can calculate an estimate of the mean for grouped and continuous data
I can construct and use cumulative frequency diagrams
I can estimate and interpret the median, percentiles, quartiles and inter-quartile range from a cumulative frequency diagram
I can estimate and interpret the median, percentiles, quartiles and inter-quartile range from a historgram

Objectives to cover on mymaths


I can construct and read histograms with unequal intervals (areas proportional to frequencies and vertical axis labelled 'frequency density')
I can identify the modal class from a grouped frequency distribution

Objectives that we have either done, or are easy enough for you to revise yourself


I can solve problems using the sine and cosine rules for any triangle and the formula area of triangle = 1/2 ab sin C
I can calculate the probability of simple combined events using possibility diagrams
I can calculate the probability of simple combined events using tree diagrams
I can combine transformations (if M(a) = b and R(b) = c the notation RM(a) = c will be used; invariants under these transformations may be assumed.)
I can describe transformations using co-ordinates and matrices (singular matrices are excluded)
I can identify and give precise descriptions of transformations connecting given figures
I can use enlargement (E) in the plane
I can use I can use rotation (R) in the plane
I can use reflection (M) in the plane
I can use shear (H) in the plane
I can use stretching (S) in the plane
I can use translation (T) in the plane
I can apply the idea of rate of change to easy kinematics involving distance-time and speed-time graphs, acceleration and deceleration
I can calculate distance travelled as area under a linear speed-time graph
I can construct tables of values and draw graphs for functions of simple sums of not more than three ax^n functions and for functions of the form ax where a is a positive integer;
I can construct tables of values and draw graphs for functions of the form ax^n where a is a rational constant and -3 < n < 3
I can use this graphical inequalities in the solution of simple linear programming problems, using the conventions of using broken lines for strict inequalities and shading unwanted regions